senator robert menendez guilty.l hana, a businessman charged alongside the senator also guilty on count 1. fred dabies, a new jersey developer also implicated in the conspiracy to commit bribery is also found guilty. skount 2, conspiracy to commit wi rober mendez ez the senator guilty. wael hana also guilty. fred dabies also guilty. count 3, this is a count only the senator is facing conspiracy to commit extortion under color of an official right. we're about to get that verdict put in. there are some complications on who's released on bond and who's not. on the first two counts they're both released on bond. now count 3, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right, robert menendez guilty on that count. count 4 conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice senator robert menendez guilty on that count. fred daibes also charged on that count also guilty. count 5 bribery actions to benefit wael hana in egypt. this is more specific to the egyptian conduct in this case. senator robert menendez, count 5, gu

so the two -- nadine menendez and robert menendez the two of them their trials were severed not because of the ultimate diagnosis that we heard about nadine menendezes health, that she has cancer and she's getting treatment for it, severed because the two effectively wanted to offer defenses and elicit testimony which would have been prejudicial to the other, meaning they would have gotten testimony that would have sunk the other one's legal chances before the same jury. so the judge agreed with their defense attorneys because the defense attorneys for menendez and for nadine menendez telegraphed the fact that they were going to take this tactic. so the judge agreed, you know what? it would be wrong because you've got senator menendez effectively testifying or eliciting testimony and evidence against his wife and vice versa. it would be difficult for them. so their trials were severed. and then later on we heard her trial would be postponed because of the diagnosis of cancer, for which we're now being told that she's been receiving treatment and she's been receiving treatment for the pa

resignation certainly, calls for his expulsion from the senate in federal court, new jersey senator robert menendezas convicted of 16 felonies. all 16 charges against him, guilty on all charges including bribery, extortion, this is a case in which senator menendez was charged with accepting cash and gold bars in exchange for acting to benefit the governments of egypt and qatar. now that he has not just been indicted on those charges but convicted, it's inconceivable that the democratic party will allow robert menendez to stay in the senate. senate majority leader chuck schumer insisted he must resign as did his fellow new jersey senator cory booker. we will speak live with booker later on this hour. the democratic governor phil murphy also demanding that senator menendez resign because he has been criminally convicted. governor murphy going further saying if the senator does not resign, he is requesting the united states senate vote to expel him, for some out to be won't leave on his own terms. this is awkward, right? for what's going on here in milwaukee. to be clear, the democratic senate leader,

robert menendez for his strongly anti-iranian statements. it is known that the head of the national center for creative and carpet industries of iran says that by the end of this year, the production of 4,200,000 square meters of handwoven carpets is planned. to according to mr. zare, in the 7th plan , an 8.5 percent increase in production has been targeted in the carpet industry . if germany is known by benz, iran is known by its carpet. simple expression hand-woven carpet is an industry of world fame, which is both a source of income and employment, and iran is known in the world for its hand-woven carpets. in the last 3 years, the hand-woven carpet industry has gained a total of 3 million square meters of production in the year 1400 . in 1401 it reached 3.5 million square meters and in 1402 we had 3.9 million square meters of production until the export in 140d and i think it was close to 50 million dollars and 40 million dollars, which reached nearly 40 million dollars in 1402, which means there was a decrease of about 20 percent. this s

robert menendez, a democrat from new jersey who served as chair of the senate foreign relations committee, is now face and close to step down. custom salumi reports from new york senator robert menendez summoned back to court to hear the verdict. after 13 hours of jury deliberations in a 9 week trial, the jury found him guilty of all 16 charges, ranging from bribery to obstruction of justice and acting as an agent of a foreign government. profiting from political favors to 3 businessmen in his home state of new jersey, 2 of them were tried and convicted alongside of him. the us attorney overseeing the case at the level of corruption was shocking. this wasn't politics as usual, this was politics for profit. and now that a jury has convicted bob and then does his years of selling his office, of the highest bidder, have finally come to an end. the evidence included gold bars over $480000.00 in cash, and a mercedes benz convertible. all seized when the f b i rated is home in 2022 for many years. chinese we as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, menendez helps steer, military a

in the case of senator robert menendez, he is accused of accepting bribes and using his position as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee to act as an unregistered agent for the egyptian government. he's accused of trying to help that government get $300000000.00 in military aid release, and there is damning evidence. investigators say they found $480000.00 in cash in his apartment, plus a $100000.00 in gold bars. menendez says he didn't know about the bars. his wife had those kept in a closet, he didn't have access to. and he says, as a cuban american, it was common for people to keep large amounts of money in their house because they don't tend to trust the government. closing arguments will continue on tuesday and then we'll find out whether for the 2nd time and a 2nd case, robert menendez is able to beat bribery charges, or whether for the 1st time you will be convicted of both bribery and acting as if for an agent. john henry, l g 0 new york. or you can find more information on our website. so i'll just say i don't use continues at all. no, of the counting, the cost, the, t

moments of ago a jury convicted senator roberts menendez. this case has always been about shocking levels of corruption. hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, a mercedes-benz. this was not politics as usual, this was politics for profit. and now that a jury has convicted bob menendez, his years of selling his office to the highest bidder have finally come to an end. i want to thank the crew prosecutors and law enforcement agents and analysts who meticulously investigated and prosecuted this case. their work is the reason why this shocking corruption is finally unearthed and brought to an end. they are the best of the best. i am enormously proud of them and proud to serve with them. thank you. >> do you seek the maximum sentence served? >> good afternoon. i'm christy curtis the acting assistant director of the fbi's new york field office. today is a day of victory and victory for justice. public corruption investigations like this hold our leaders accountable and ensure they serve the public interest -- th

according to the new york prosecutor, the menendez case is a clear example of widespread corruption. robert mernandez to strongly disagree. his iranian is famous. the president of the united states of america he said: if the doctors tell me that i have a health problem, i can continue to participate in the competition. the political deadlock of this country has entered a new stage because the party and group did not win the elections. the people's new front coalition, which won the most votes in the early elections of the national assembly, intends to introduce a new prime minister by condemning macron's recent letter . tomorrow, the first official session of the french national assembly will be held after the recent elections to elect the new speaker of the parliament. future composition. the french national assembly is such that macron and the elected government will face many challenges became. now there are 9 days left before the start of the olympic games. the main question is whether this political crisis will be resolved before the olympics to form a government trusted by all parties

long-time democrat, robert menen menendez, former chairman of the foreign affairs guilty for sell hiscused of helping government of egypt and qatar acting as a foreign agent for egyp egyptian government in exchange of bribes $480,000 in circumstance found strown all over the house, even in jacket pockets, clothes, boxes, 13 gold bars found in the closet of his wife nadine, who is also charged. mrs. menendez trial postponed because she suffered from breast cancer. so far it seems sweeping victory for the government. three through five, menendez is guilty, so far the senator from new jersey is getting a total conviction sweep by the federal prosecutors convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery, count one, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right charge he extorted these businessmen to be part of the scheme, there are 16 counts related to menendez and 18 related to the other two defendants, the businessmen, actions guilty, services, wire fraud guilty, obstruction of justice is when a prosecutor tdz he sent an attorney in to

new jersey's robert menendez found guilty on 16 federal counts. how he's responding amidst calls for his ouster from congress. >>> the one-time adversaries of former president trump are now lining up behind him. nikki haley and ron desantis voice their support for the man they say, who they ran against in the second day of the rnc. we're live from milwaukee. >>> is your two-factor authentication on? karen tso joins us to warn of scammers. >>> american homer stories. jaren duran goes yard as the a.l. reinstates its dominance. >>> and if you are willing to brave the heat on the east coast you might see a one of a kind floral arrangement. it's wednesday, july 17. "early today" starts right now. >>> thanks for being with me. i'm frances rivera. a dramatic verdict in the corruption trial of democratic senator bob menendez, found guilty tuesday on all 16 federal counts he was facing, including bribery, extortion and acting as a foreign agent. the verdict is also turning up the pressure on menendez to resign from the senate or face threats of expulsion f

had robert menendez been a republican, i'm sorry j.d. vance, menendez would probably be the vice presidential nominee of the republican party by now. all of the both sides mirror image analysis we get of how there are things wrong in both parties and corruption, the handling of menendez and handling of donald trump, both of whom were convicted on multiple felony counts tells you what you need to know about the way these parties feel about law and order issues. today senator vince spoke by phone with vice president kamala harris. harris were told tried to reach vince yesterday. she reportedly left him a voicemail in which she asked him to debate her. harris has agreed to a debate in the coming weeks on cbs news. she and vance reportedly discussed a debate today when they did speak by phone, but there is no word on whether or not the republican nominee has agreed to that debate. for his part, president biden was back on the campaign trail today in swing state nevada. he addressed the annual convention of the naacp in las vegas. tomorrow we

in the case of senator robert menendez, he is accused of accepting bribes and using his position as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee to act as an unregistered agent for the egyptian government. he's accused of trying to help that government get $300000000.00 in military aid release, and there is damning evidence. investigators say they found $480000.00 in cash in his apartment, plus a $100000.00 in gold bars. menendez says he didn't know about the bars. his wife had those kept in a closet, he didn't have access to. and he says, as a cuban american, it was common for people to keep large amounts of money in their house because they don't tend to trust the government. closing arguments will continue on tuesday, and then we'll find out whether for the 2nd time in a 2nd case, robert menendez is able to be bribery charges, or whether for the 1st time he will be convicted of both bribery and acting as a foreign agent. john henry l g 0 new york. boeing has accepted the p. d alone, a criminal full charge related to to virtual crashes of its 737, maxed. its the terms of good find of

once again revealed the stomach problems and law enforcement to everytime c l to 0 to send it to robert menendez of new jersey is for mitchell to send out til resign next month. menendez hes, been on the pressure to step down since his conviction on dr. lee charges earlier this month. on monday, the senate's ethics committee began the process of expelling him from the us senate that would have taken several weeks. but this announcement means he'll leave voluntarily. raul, the then become only the 1st and it's a to be expelled since 18. 62 a 2nd day of course is common bundle dish. off the days of the protests, at least a $187.00 people have died off to a security forces crackdown on student led approaches. they're angry as a controversial government job quotas. system student leaders are planning more demonstrations. according for accountability and the release of hundreds of protest as on sunday, the supreme court scrapped to most of the jobs scheme and nationwide. so if you remains in places bundle, dish remains without internet for a fift day. telecoms minister has promised to restore it on t

the prosecution in this case said robert menendez put his hour up for sale, accepting cash in gold bars in exchange for doing favors for 3 business men and his own state of new jersey and exchange for that money in gold. he intervened in court cases and even acted as an agent of a foreign government. this is the 1st time any us senator has been convicted of that charge. they say that he steered millions of dollars in a money to the government and also gave them a sensitive information in exchange. one of these businessmen received a lucrative contract with the government of egypt. now, menendez is facing decades behind bars, potentially when it comes back to the store in october for sentencing, but he's still maintains, he's innocent and says he's going to appeal the case. obviously, i'm deeply, deeply disappointed by the jury's decision. i have every faith that the law and the fax did not sustain that decision and that we won't be successful on i p o i have never violated my public out. i have never been anything but a patriot up my country. and for my, i have never ever been a for an

i will send it to robert menendez, of new jersey is formerly told to send that hill resign next month, but end is been under pressure to step down since his conviction of bribery charges only this month. on monday, the senate ethics committee began the process of expelling him from the us senate that would have taken several weeks. but this announcement means you'll leave voluntarily longer than become only the 1st and that's held to be expelled since 18 . 62. as far as he's in the us of least a party can video of a police officer shooting a black woman inside a home. it happened in illinois off to 56 year old. sonya may see called police to report a suspected included in a home. macy was comfortable to to the hospital where she died of injuries she everytime she reports that i'm trying to help in the audio. as of sunday, july 6th, sonya massey told the police to report that she thought a pilot was outside the home. police body come video shows 2 offices entering matthews, home to deliver from nothing suspicious but things put the escalated officer massey approached her stove to atten

after the cases based on facts and law and that is what happened today in this conviction of robert menendez. >> that is a great point though, one would think republicans would be all over this thing, you are calling us corrupt, look at him, but you make the point. they cannot do that and at the same time claim the doj has been weaponized. he has said he will appeal the charges, what would that look like? >> he has every right to appeal. first there will be a sentencing which is october 29. a sentence will be imposed and within 10 days of the sentencing a defendant must file a notice of appeal but it typically takes months. usually a different attorney pours over the record in the case and looks for errors. any evidence admitted that should not have been. testimony that violated the rules of evidence. was the verdict against the weight of the evidence. those are all questions that will be submitted to a court of appeal and if there was a error he is entitled to a new trial and the appellate court will take appropriate action but i will tell you, 85% of federal convictions, cases are upheld s

new jersey senior senator robert menendez convicted along with two of his co-defendants on every charge in the international bribery and extortion scheme. the jury found menendez accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in pay jawfsz and expensive gifts. do you live interfere with u.s. foreign policy on behalf egypt. cut tar and three new jersey businessmen. u.s. attorney damion williams said the senator engaged what he called a shocking level of corruption. >> this wasn't politics as usual. this was politics for profit. and now that a jury has convicted bob menendez, his years of selling his office to the highest bidder have finally come to an end. >> prosecutors told the jury that the $480,000 in cash that was found throughout his house, some stashed in his jacket pockets, and those 13 gold bars worth 100 grand were hidden in a bedroom closet as well as a mercedes-benz convertible and other lach vish gifts were payoff. after the verdict, menendez said he was deeply disappointed and vows to appeal. >> i have never been anything but a patriot of my country and for my country. i have ne

it was not just about robert menendez, it is about actions including his co-defendants, who of them onrial here. but it is a cross-examination for all three defendants. so that is one of the reasons why this case might take longer than it would normally take. but it is also a complicated case. and when you look at the verdict form, which is what the jurors will have in front of them in that room when they start their deliberations, they need to find guilt or innocence for all three defendants on a number of counts. some are specific to senator, when we talk about obstruction of justice and having his attorneys misrepresent the payments at loans to federal prosecutors so that is what the juries need no consider. but it is a whole host of conduct over years according to federal prosecutors that they'll be looking at and paying attention to and filling out the verdict form in the next several hours or several days. >> we shall see. and such a great bit of color there. i've covered some long trials and juries do start to bond. and so let them have their last lunch together and start the de

democratic senator roberts menendez reportedly says he is going to is it resign prosecutors accused him, and conspiring to commit those crimes guilty on all counts. 's resignation is coming on the 20th of august. we await that. >> sandra: lawmakers toward the side of the assassination attempt on former president donald trump as they look for more answers, house security green was there he will join us live next. >> john: and vice president harris may have a rep a rep's academic reputation as a tough prosecutor but what is her actual record on crime look like? steve hilton on that coming up. ) ♪ [announcer] introducing allison's plaque psoriasis. she thinks her flaky, gray patches are all people see. otezla is the #1 prescribed pill to treat plaque psoriasis. over here! otezla can help you get clearer skin and reduce itching and flaking. with no routine blood tests required. doctors have been prescribing otezla for over a decade. otezla is also approved to treat psoriatic arthritis. don't use otezla if you're allergic to it. serious allergic reactions can happen. otezla may cause severe

>> hello, or federal court aware to the attorney for robert menendez has finished his defense, is endingnator to the jury. what he told the jury here today exactly echoed what the senator told us when he arrived in court this morning? mendez is a charge with the exact -- exhorting hundred of thousand dollars in payoffs and expensive gifts to interfere with the us-born policy on behalf of each of the, qatar and 3 new jersey businessmen. plaza ghettos told the jury an accord that $480,000 in cash found in his house and those 13 gold bars worth 100 grand stashed in a bedroom closet while they say they were all payoffs, and accuse him of selling his senate seat for profit? but the defense attorney told the jury and other story, he said where the government says are bribes that were really gifts from the businessmen who are grateful that it menendez tried to help them as their senators? were lawful, normal and good for his constituents". while some have taken to calling the senator gold bar bob,'s lawyer tried to shift the blame for those gold bars to his wife for all that gold. she is also c

attorney paul month lonnie telling the jury robert menendez put his power up for sale it wasn't enough powerful people in washington. you saw again and again a clear pattern of corruption menendez declined to testify miss own defense last week. >> the government is intoxicated with his own rhetoric. they spent two hours on not witnesses that came before the court. on charts. two hours. >> the 70-year-old senator's attorneys argued that his practice of keeping large amounts of cash at home was part of his cuban culture for emergencies. even though menendez was born in new york city. >> menendez was charged in a similar federal corruption case in 2017. that ended in a mistrial. but, if he is convicted of the 16 counts against him here, he could face up to 200 years in prison if he is sentenced consecutively. bret? >> bret: eric shawn following the trial in new york. eric, thanks. up next, the panel on whether president biden can survive these increasing calls for him to step aside and what comes next. first, here what happens some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering ton

attorney paul montelione is delivering that argument and he's saying it wasn't enough that senator robert menendez that senator menendez was the senior senator, had the ability to put forward the name for the potential u.s. attorney for new jersey, he says it was menendez that wanted to get paid, that basically wanted to be given all sorts of favors, whether they be the gold bars, whether they be the cash, in exchange for that position and that's really where he's gone to in the heart of the argument, and as you pointed out, with the type of evidence that the jurors have reviewed in the course of this, he's reviewed in the course of this, and he's using that in closing argument saying it was not that senator menendez knew these payments were going on and knew these types of things he was doing would help his wife, nadine, which we will get to, but he was involved in the process and look at his words and what was happening here, and that's why the jury in his eyes should convict the prosecutor. >> and then the defense will do its closing argument. the senator did not testify in his own defense and

and go after the cases based on facts and law and that is what happened in the conviction of robert menendezeat point, though. one would think republicans would be all over this thing. you call us corrupt, look at him. they can't possibly do that and at the same time claim that the doj has been weaponized. he has said he avowed to appeal these charges. what does that look like? >> sure, he has every right to appeal. first there will be the sentencing, which the judge set for october 29. a sentence will be imposed and within 10 days the defendant must file their notice of appeal, but it typically takes many months. usually what happens is a different attorney pours over the record in the case and looks for errors. was there any evidence admitted that should not of been? was there any testimony that violated the rules of evidence? was this against the great weight of the evidence? those are all questions that will be submitted and if there is an error and he is entitled to a new trial than an appellate court will take appropriate action. i will tell you that in something like 85% of federal co

. >>> closing arguments are under way in federal bribery trial of robert menendez. >> prosecutors saids of dollars worth of bribes including cash and gold bars from three businessmen. they began their closing arguments today. walk us through what we heard. >> we know they're telling us it will take about five hours to do these closing arguments they'll hammer home to the jurors the notion that senator menendez is guilty of these 18 charges, in addition we heard one of the things in their closing arguments they said he put his power up for sale. the money was used to provide influence and foreign aid to egypt because he was the former chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, in addition expect them to drive home what happened in terms of powerful testimony from one of the three new jersey businessmen who turned and flipped on menendez and he testified against him saying that he did not buy menendez's wife a $60,000 mercedes-benz and he did it in order to influence her husband. >> on the flip side, you got senator menendez saying he's not guilty. what are we going to hear from

to consider, what needs to be unanimous, who they need to treat each count as it pertains to robert menendezer new jersey business men on trial here. we expect him to finish prior to 1:00 p.m., typically when the jurors take their lunch break. he said yesterday that he expected to wrap up before then. and after that, it is in the jurors' hands and entirely up to them how they proceed from here, how long they take, and what ultimately verdict they come to. as far as the evidence portion of this trial, that program, it is over, jose. we'll know sometime in the next several hours or several days exactly what the fate of the senator and those two new jersey business men all of whom have pleaded not guilty and said they have done nothing wrong here, where that stands. >> tom winter in new york. thank you so much. >>> coming up, donald trump was originally scheduled to be sentenced yesterday. in his new york hush money case. instead, he's now asking a judge to throw out the conviction. we'll tell you why. >>> we're tracking the situation in houston where about half a million people still have no p

jury deliberations are underway in the bribery trial of senator robert menendez.in new york city earlier before the jury got the case. he's charged with accepting bribes from three businessmen in the form of gold, cash, and a mercedes-benz convertible. prosecutors say, in exchange, menendez used his power in the senate to do them favors. he has pleaded not guilty. >>> a florida woman who was found with ammunition in her bag while visiting turks and caicos in the caribbean will avoid jail time. sharita greer was fined $1,500 and given a 23-week suspended sentence. she was detained back in may after airport authorities found two bullets in her carry-on bag. greer says she didn't see the rounds had been in her carry-on, which is a bag she had previously used to carry a gun. >>> and a very close call for a small plane in colorado. watch this. on thursday, you see that single engine cessna stall and start to nose dive. but then it recovers, barely avoiding a mountain. the faa has not released many details about the incident, including how many people were on board at t

in this case, said robert menendez put his power up for sale, accepting cash in gold bars in exchange for doing favors for 3 business men and his own state of new jersey and exchange for that money in gold. he intervened in court cases and even acted as an agent of a foreign government. this is the 1st time any us senator has been convicted of that charge. they say that he feared millions of dollars in aid money to the government and also gave them a sensitive information in exchange. one of these businessmen received a lucrative contract with the government of egypt. now, menendez is facing decades behind bars, potentially when it comes back to the store in october for sentencing. but he still maintains he's innocent and says he's going to appeal the case. obviously, i'm deeply, deeply disappointed by the jury's decision. i have every faith that the law and the fax did not sustain that decision and that we will be successful. and i have never violated my public out. i have never been anything but a patriot off my country. and for my, i have never ever been a for an agent now. bob men

it comes in the aftermath of the senators conviction of federal bribery and fraud charges robert menendez elementary in west new york, revert back to its old name, ps number three menendez plaza plans to resign his seat next month all right. >> the race for the white house now, and we're going to focus in on the battleground states a fox news state poll shows no clear leader in the harris-trump match-up in michigan with and pennsylvania pennsylvania governor josh shapiro will join the harris campaign to mark 100 days until the general election in november cnn's danny freeman is talking to voters in pennsylvania about the reaction to harris's launch the past few days have felt like whiplashed pennsylvania voter becky egg berg, how have you been feeling about this election so far a little anxious, excited now though excited because she feels vice president kamala harris has jump-started democrats in the presidential race. i think she has more of a chance to run then i do dislike her mentality, her mindset, and that she is a woman and she's stands for what i stand for. >> i think i'm feeling

first, instead of me report from new york senator robert menendez summit back to court to hear the verdict. after 13 hours of jury deliberations and a 9 week trial, the jury found him guilty of all 16 charges, ranging from bribery to destruction of justice and acting as an agent of a foreign government. profiting from political favors to 3 businessmen in his home state of new jersey, 2 of them were tried and convicted alongside of him. the us attorney overseeing the case at the level of corruption was shocking. this wasn't politics as usual, this was politics for profit. and now that a jury has convicted bob and then does his years of selling his office, of the highest bidder, have finally come to an end. the evidence included gold bars over $480000.00 in cash, and a mercedes benz convertible. all seized when the f b i rated is home in 2022 for many years. chinese we as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, menendez help steer, military aid to egypt and shared sensitive material in the process, helping a co defendant. while honda obtain a lucrative business deal with the egyp

after closing arguments, but the evidence that's been presented is pretty damn, and a senator robert menendez has been here before. he was accused of accepting bribes once before and a trial. that trial ended with a hung jury, meaning the 12 jurors could not agree on whether to convict him or not. and then he has been tried on completely separate charges. those charges are of using his position on the senate foreign relations committee as chairman of that committee, to act as an agent for the country of egypt. among other things, he's accused of having ghost written a letter, the egypt sent to his committee, to lobby him and other senators for military aid to be released. he's accused of accepting bribes from 3 new jersey businessman and one of them is testifying against them, and he says he brought him sen, menendez, among other things, with a mercedes convertible. when the federal agents went into menendez his house, they found $480000.00 in cash. some of it stuffed into his clothes in the closet. others also a $100000.00 in gold bars. investigators say he and his wife had sold off $250000.

we're going to let the eu let's listen in care of them now beginning house convicted senator robert menendez of corruption and national security offenses. >> this case has always been about shocking levels of corruption. hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, and mercedes fadi's bends. this wasn't politics as usual. this was politics for profit and now that a jury has convicted bob menendez, his years of selling his office in the highest bidder there have finally come to an end. i want to thank the career prosecutors and law enforcement agents and analysts who meticulously investigated and prosecuted this case their work is the reason why this shocking corruption is finally i've been on earth and brought to an end they are the best of the best. i'm enormously proud of them and proud to serve with them thank you the maximum sentence, sir good afternoon. >> i'm kristie curtis on the acting assistant director of the fbi's new york field office. today is a day a victory a victory for justice. public corruption investigations like this hold our leaders accounta

moments ago, a jury convicted senator robert menendez of corruption and national security offenses. this case has been about shocking levels of corruption. hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, and mercedes-benz. this was not politics as usual. this is politics for profit. now that the jury has convicted bob menendez, his years of selling his officer come to an end. >> obviously i'm deeply disappointed by the jury's decision. i have every faith that the law and the facts does not sustain that decision and we will be successful upon appeal. i have never violated my public oath. i have never been anything but a patriot of my country and for my country. i have never, ever been a foreign agent. the decision by the jury today would put at risk every member of the u.s. senate in terms of what they think a foreign agent would be. host: senator menendez said he will appeal the sentencing. it is due on october 29. now to milwaukee and the republican national convention. front page of the washington times. a lot of ink on j.d. vance as he accept the vice p

moments ago the jury in this court is convicted senator robert menendez of corruption and national securityas always been about shocking levels of corruption. hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, a mercedes-benz. this was not politics as usual this is politics for profit and now that her jury has convicted bob menendez's years of selling his office to the highest bidder have finally come to an end. i want to thank the career prosecutors and law enforcement agents and analysts who meticulously investigate the prosecuted this case. their work is the reason why this shocking corruption has finally bent on earth and brought to an end. they're the best of the best i am enormously proud of them and proud to serve with them. thank you. tuxes at the maximum sentence, sir? >> good afternoon. i'm christy curtis acting assistant director of the fbi at newark field office. today is a day of victory in a victory for justice. public corruption like this holds her leaders accountable and make sure the public interest and not theirs. they ensure they serve the public i

when robert menendez was indicted the second time, there was various members calling for him to drop out. others defending him, and more calling for him to drop out. a big back and forth. a primary challenger. we have seen what it looks like, right, so the big question, succinctly, basil, can you imagine a universe a month from now where there's a unified democratic party with joe biden at the top of the ticket? >> sure, i can. i absolutely can, and look, all of my concerns and the anger that i've expressed over the last few days is what i call the open casting call. you have people coming on and saying, if it's not kamala, it's any number of governors. no, no, no, why is that problematic, if you go to the republicans, what about trump's conviction, what trials. let's call one of the supreme court justices, we'll take care of it. they use a raw and brazen power that we should be using as democrats, quite frankly, and maybe this is the period that emboldens the party, that strengthens the party, and you know, moves us forward in a direction that is more akin to the kind of power that

moments ago, a jury convicted senator robert menendez of corruption and national security offenses.his case has been about shocking levels of corruption. hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in the form of cash, gold bars, and mercedes-benz. this was not politics as usual. this is politics for profit. now that the jury has convicted bob menendez, his years of selling his officer come to an end. >> obviously i'm deeply disappointed by the jury's decision. i have every faith that the law and the facts does not sustain that decision and we will be successful upon appeal. i have never violated my public oath. i have never been anything but a patriot of my country and for my country. i have never, ever been a foreign agent. the decision by the jury today would put at risk every member of the u.s. senate in terms of what they think a foreign agent would be. host: senator menendez said he will appeal the sentencing. it is due on october 29. now to milwaukee and the republican national convention. front page of the washington times. a lot of ink on j.d. vance as he accept the vice pre

so these reports coming in to send it to robert in the met menendez, of new jersey, expected to resign from congress next month. the okay, vice president comes on harris has arrived in the background state of wisconsin where she is due to hold the campaign, riley any moment now her 1st for the presidency, her team says it has already made history by raising more than a $100000000.00. so far, she's expected to speak to some forces in west allis, just 2 days off to president joe biden dropped out of the race and endorsed to a house that will be have 5th visit to wisconsin. this year. it is a must win swing, stay for the democrats in order to keep the white house. well, we have kimberly whole kits. she is out in the white house for us. but 1st, let's talk to phil laval, who is also in west dallas in wisconsin, where we are expecting to hear from the vice president cumberland harris at that raleigh. any moment now we will of course, bring that live to you. uh so couple of harris in wisconsin not wasting any time. this is a 1st campaign, riley in the battleground states, since she was made

menendez to resign. joining us, walkie at the republican camp -- in milwaukee at the republican national convention is robertelly, who has been covering menendez for decades. bob come you been covering menendez for years. he was acquitted in a case years ago. now we have this case. >> what we see is this is really a condemnation of the political culture of new jersey that is corrupt. this does leave an opening for the republicans here. it was facilitated -- that is why senator menendez is holding on even now, even though he has been convicted. he has no shame. you cannot have shame and be an politics in new jersey. this same lawlessness of donald trump is extended to bob menendez. amy: explained what he was convicted up. >> and influence peddling thing where he ended up with gold bullion bars. hundreds of thousands of dollars of lovely new mercedes-benz very significant other and all kinds of business dealings with two local fixers and that of global component where the u.s. government was concerned he was giving information that was sensitive to egyptian intelligence to try and promote business. amy: top ab

menendez to resign. joining us, walkie at the republican camp -- in milwaukee at the republican national convention is robertelly, who has been covering menendez for decades. bob come you been covering menendez for years. he was acquitted in a case years ago. now we have this case. >> what we see is this is really a condemnation of the political culture of new jersey that is corrupt. this does leave an opening for the republicans here. it was facilitated -- that is why senator menendez is holding on even now, even though he has been convicted. he has no shame. you cannot have shame and be an politics in new jersey. this same lawlessness of donald trump is extended to bob menendez. amy: explained what he was convicted up. >> and influence peddling thing where he ended up with gold bullion bars. hundreds of thousands of dollars of lovely new mercedes-benz very significant other and all kinds of business dealings with two local fixers and that of global component where the u.s. government was concerned he was giving information that was sensitive to egyptian intelligence to try and promote business. amy: top ab

robert, and itself to 0 los angeles. a journey in new york city deliberating and the corruption trial of us sent it to bob menendez. the democrats accused of taking bribes and of being a foreign agents for the egyptian government. he maintains his innocence, christmas only made reports from new york. after 2 months of testimony, $37.00 witnesses and a week of closing arguments, the fate of the senator bob hernandez is now in a jury's hands, prosecutors a ledge. he took bribes from 3 business to man and his whole state of new jersey. they accused him of using his influence to help them, in one case to secure an investment from tare official and another to get a lucrative contract from the egyptian government. and in return for his favors, the senator allegedly received gold bars hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash found in a locked closet in his phone. and even a $60000.00 mercedes benz a gift from one of the business man who himself has pleaded guilty to charges and testified against menendez in trial. the businessman, a man by the name of jose rebate, testified that he bought the car from and then does his wi

. >> martha: john roberts from washington merrimack ricky right now the senate had received a resignation letter from new jersey democrat bob menendeztaking bribes including gold bars, cash and a mercedes. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram reporting live on capitol hill about the resignation and what it means coming election. high. >> martha, good afternoon. we are to -- told that enter-mac and there's's staff work will just an hour ago that he was something on the 20th of august, keep in mind that the senate is only supposed to be in session this week and next week so no vote scheduled for about three or four weeks before this comes into effect. he had not been there a lot since he was on trial. it was pretty clear that the senate was probably going to try to expel him. the senate ethics committee was looking at your report they were going to try to put something out back back back in this kind of flies in the face that -- bit united states senator here and i was doing official asked, i was trying to help my constituents. so again bob and another most top-down, of the balance of power very soon will be 50-49 but keep